Twilight Zone Nightmares: A Diary of Magecraft Contest!

Picture this: You're in your bed. It's late at night. Suddenly, you're inexplicably caught in a world somewhere between the realms of wakefulness and sleep. You see and sense things that neither you or anyone else can explain, including visions of your own afterlife. And somehow, as you battle these unexpected emotions and sensations, you soon find yourself faced with a minor (or major) migraine; and all you want to do now is to put ice cubes on top of your forehead.....

You've just experienced an example of what your Dragonmaster often calls his "Twilight Zone Nightmares." Rod Serling always liked to tell people that, as he wrote, "The most important fear is the fear of the unknown working on you, which you cannot share with others." Well, this being Halloween, I'd like to do something to hopefully change all that; and, to that end, I am launching my first-ever contest, here in the pages of my Diary of Magecraft! Harken ye, then, to the deal:

Using between 80 to 150 words or more, describe your personal Twilight Zone Nightmares. Please e-mail your submissions to my pirate1_power@hotmail.com address; deadline for submissions is, naturally, October 31st, 2005. The five best descriptions will be posted in the Diary of Magecraft, and will receive e-mail greetings from me. My apologies for the short notice, by the way; your Dragonmaster has long believed in striking while ye iron is hot! The only rule, by the way, is this: don't make your descriptions too sick; those that don't meet my standards will be deleted!

Good luck, and I look forward to reading your responses!